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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3245
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.121 %1.081 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£438-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£525-
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£420
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.88£35.00
% change on same period last year+16.78 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads364370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.485 %0.374 %
Daily rates quoted9693
Average minimum daily rate£331£316
Average daily rate£355£338
% change on same period last year+5.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2313
Average minimum hourly rate£33.44£38.64
Average hourly rate£35.44£39.35
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.44£40.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
SOA South EastSOA
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SOA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Middlesex SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SOA across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOA across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Middlesex SOA Daily Rate Histogram

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SOA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SOA.

13 (15.00 %)ESB
13 (15.00 %)XML
13 (15.00 %)Government
13 (15.00 %)Java
22 (10.00 %)Windows
22 (10.00 %)UML
22 (10.00 %)WebLogic
22 (10.00 %)SOAP
22 (10.00 %)WSDL
22 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
22 (10.00 %)Subversion
22 (10.00 %)AquaLogic
22 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (5.000 %)VLAN
31 (5.000 %)WebSphere
31 (5.000 %)XPath
31 (5.000 %)JSF
31 (5.000 %)DV Cleared
31 (5.000 %)CruiseControl
31 (5.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (5.000 %)WCF
31 (5.000 %)WF
31 (5.000 %)Microsoft
31 (5.000 %)XQuery
31 (5.000 %)BEA
31 (5.000 %)BizTalk Server
31 (5.000 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (5.000 %)WebServices
31 (5.000 %)JSP
31 (5.000 %)Handset

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SOA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SOA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %)XML
22 (10.00 %)SOAP
22 (10.00 %)WSDL
31 (5.000 %)JSF
31 (5.000 %)WebSphere
31 (5.000 %)WCF
31 (5.000 %)WF
31 (5.000 %)WebServices
31 (5.000 %).NET
31 (5.000 %)J2EE
31 (5.000 %)JSP
31 (5.000 %)XSD
31 (5.000 %)XSLT
31 (5.000 %)J2ME
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (15.00 %)ESB
22 (10.00 %)WebLogic
31 (5.000 %)MQSeries
31 (5.000 %)SharePoint
31 (5.000 %)BizTalk Server
31 (5.000 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (5.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)VLAN
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.00 %)Subversion
21 (5.000 %)Ant
21 (5.000 %)JUnit
21 (5.000 %)Eclipse
21 (5.000 %)CruiseControl
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Government
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (80.00 %)Architect
214 (70.00 %)Chief Architect
33 (15.00 %)Developer
41 (5.000 %)Web Developer
41 (5.000 %)Solutions Architect
41 (5.000 %)WebLogic Developer
41 (5.000 %)Web Architect
41 (5.000 %)BizTalk Specialist
41 (5.000 %)Sharepoint Specialist
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Client/Server
11 (5.000 %)Handset
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (10.00 %)Windows
21 (5.000 %)Symbian OS
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.00 %)UML
12 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
12 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.000 %)DV Cleared
21 (5.000 %)OO
21 (5.000 %)Programme Management
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)Java
21 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
21 (5.000 %)SQL
21 (5.000 %)XQuery
21 (5.000 %)XPath
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (10.00 %)AquaLogic
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.000 %)Oracle
11 (5.000 %)Symbian
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft
11 (5.000 %)BEA
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